CONSTRUCTIVISM
Constructivism is a learning theory that suggests that:
- Learning is an active, constructive process
- The learner is an information constructor, and actively constructs or creates their own subjective representations of objective reality.
- New information is linked to prior knowledge, thus learning and mental constructs are subjective
Contributors to Constructivist Theory include:
Background:
Constructivism and Social Constructivism are two similar learning theories which share a large number of underlying assumptions, and an interpretive epistemological position.
Background:
Constructivism and Social Constructivism are two similar learning theories which share a large number of underlying assumptions, and an interpretive epistemological position.
Video: Use a Learning Theory: Constructivism [Video file]. (2012, December 30). Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa59prZC5gA
References
Cooper, P. A. (1993). Paradigm Shifts in Designed Instruction: From Behaviorism to Cognitivism to Constructivism. Educational technology, 33(5), 12-19.
Constructivism. (2016, September 8). Retrieved from http://www.learning-theories.com/constructivism.html
Conversations on Digital Pedagogy. (2017, October 4). Retrieved from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/events/conversations-on-digital-pedagogy/
David L, "Constructivism," in Learning Theories, June 20, 2015, https://www.learning-theories.com/constructivism.html.
Ertmer, P. A., & Newby, T. J. (1993). Behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism: Comparing critical features from an instructional design perspective.Performance improvement quarterly, 6(4), 50-72.
Education Theory/Constructivism and Social Constructivism. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ucdoer.ie/index.php/Education_Theory/Constructivism_and_Social_Constructivism
O’Neil, C. A., & Fisher, C. A. (2008). Assessment and Evaluation of Online Learning. Developing Online Learning Environments in Nursing Education. doi:10.1891/9780826199140.0010
O’Neil, C., & Fisher, C. (2008). Should I Take This Course Online? Journal of Nursing Education, 47(2), 53-58. doi:10.3928/01484834-20080201-04
Pelz, B. (2019). (MY) THREE PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE ONLINE PEDAGOGY. Online Learning, 8(3). doi:10.24059/olj.v8i3.1819
Piaget, J. (2013). The construction of reality in the child (Vol. 82). Routledge.
What is online learning? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/online-learning
Vygotsky, L. S. (1980). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Harvard university press.
Cooper, P. A. (1993). Paradigm Shifts in Designed Instruction: From Behaviorism to Cognitivism to Constructivism. Educational technology, 33(5), 12-19.
Constructivism. (2016, September 8). Retrieved from http://www.learning-theories.com/constructivism.html
Conversations on Digital Pedagogy. (2017, October 4). Retrieved from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/events/conversations-on-digital-pedagogy/
David L, "Constructivism," in Learning Theories, June 20, 2015, https://www.learning-theories.com/constructivism.html.
Ertmer, P. A., & Newby, T. J. (1993). Behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism: Comparing critical features from an instructional design perspective.Performance improvement quarterly, 6(4), 50-72.
Education Theory/Constructivism and Social Constructivism. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ucdoer.ie/index.php/Education_Theory/Constructivism_and_Social_Constructivism
O’Neil, C. A., & Fisher, C. A. (2008). Assessment and Evaluation of Online Learning. Developing Online Learning Environments in Nursing Education. doi:10.1891/9780826199140.0010
O’Neil, C., & Fisher, C. (2008). Should I Take This Course Online? Journal of Nursing Education, 47(2), 53-58. doi:10.3928/01484834-20080201-04
Pelz, B. (2019). (MY) THREE PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE ONLINE PEDAGOGY. Online Learning, 8(3). doi:10.24059/olj.v8i3.1819
Piaget, J. (2013). The construction of reality in the child (Vol. 82). Routledge.
What is online learning? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/online-learning
Vygotsky, L. S. (1980). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Harvard university press.